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Researchers in Japan have found coronavirus death rates among people aged 40 and older from the 7th wave of infections that hit the country this summer were less than half that when the 6th wave that had started early this year peaked.

The group at the Japanese Association of Public Health Center Directors compared death rates among the approximately 550,000 people aged 40 and older who contracted COVID between January and August in ten prefectures, including Osaka and Ibaraki.

A Japanese court has sentenced a 30-year-old man to death for killing nine people at his apartment.

The remains of eight women and one man, aged 15 to 26, were found at an apartment in the city of Zama in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, in October 2017.

Foreign media outlets such as the BBC and the Washington Post have reported on the sentencing of the man who killed nine people at his apartment near Tokyo.

The BBC reported that the "Twitter killer" has been sentenced to death.

A court in Tokyo has sentenced a 30-year-old man to death for killing nine people at his apartment in 2017.

Japanese prosecutors have demanded the death penalty for a 30-year-old man charged with murdering nine people at his apartment in the city of Zama, near Tokyo.

Prosecutors demanded the death sentence for Shiraishi Takahiro at the Tachikawa branch of the Tokyo District Court on Thursday.

WASHINGTON — Honda said on Saturday it has confirmed a 17th U.S. death tied to a faulty Takata air bag inflator.

The Japanese automaker said that after a joint inspection with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), it confirmed a faulty air bag inflator was to blame for the Aug. 20 crash of a 2002 Honda Civic that led to the death of a driver in Mesa, Arizona.

Sources say a Japanese reality show star who apparently committed suicide had been criticized on social media.

Hamasaki Maria was found dead in her apartment in Tokyo on Wednesday.

Researchers in Japan say the death rate of hospitalized coronavirus patients was 7.5 percent in the country. This is about one third of the COVID-19 death rates reported in Britain and the United States.

The National Center for Global Health and Medicine on Thursday released the result of its analysis on 2,638 coronavirus patients admitted to 227 hospitals nationwide between March and early July.

Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has offered his sincere condolences over the death of former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui.

Speaking to reporters on Friday, Abe said Lee greatly contributed to promoting friendship between Japan and Taiwan.

A Japanese high court has overturned a lower court ruling that found a nurse guilty of giving a doughnut to an elderly woman who later died after choking on it.

The 60-year-old practical nurse works at a special nursing care home for the elderly in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan.

The number of coronavirus deaths in Japan has now exceeded 1,000. The figure includes 13 deaths from the Diamond Princess cruise ship, that docked just outside Tokyo earlier this year.

Health authorities confirmed the latest deaths in the greater Tokyo area -- bringing the total to 1,001.

The management firm of Japanese actor Miura Haruma has released a comment on his death.

The firm, Amuse, released a statement on its official website on Monday, two days after the 30-year old died in an apparent suicide at his home. He was taken to a hospital in Tokyo, where he was pronounced dead.

The number of coronavirus deaths has reached 1,000 in Japan. The figure includes 13 deaths from the Diamond Princess cruise ship, that docked just outside Tokyo earlier this year.

Authorities confirmed the latest fatality on Monday. The number of infections now stands at over 26,000, including more than 700 cases from the cruise ship.

The Honda Civic Coupe is living on borrowed time as it will be discontinued for the 2021 model year.